Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Man is a mental being, and to know this is the first step on the road to freedom, for as long as you believe yourself to be primarily physical, you will remain in bondage, that is to say, to your own habits of thought, for there is no other bondage.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

Do not hide your faith and your beliefs under a bushel basket, especially in this world that seems to have gone mad with political correctness.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.

Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.